From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 17 22:24:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04149 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 22:24:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fanfic.org (fanfic.org [205.150.35.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA04135 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 05:24:46 GMT (envelope-from dstenn@fanfic.org) Received: from fanfic.org (localhost.fanfic.org [127.0.0.1]) by fanfic.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA04311 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 01:24:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dstenn@fanfic.org) Posted-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 01:24:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 01:24:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Tenn To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 ViRGE/DX w/ 4Mb RAM, XFree86 3.3.2 and xdm In-Reply-To: <199804172345.SAA05374@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Glenn Johnson wrote: | > I've been experiencing a problem with the above combination on my computer | > and would like to know if I'm the only one and if there is a solution. | > | > I have a P166 w/ 128Mb RAM and the above hardware. When I start up my | > computer in xdm the initial screen comes up perfectly. I login and if I | > exit my X-window session I get a screen full of virtical red lines and my | > console locks up. This also happened to a friend who is running XFree86 | > 3.3.2 with the same card using Linux while I'm using it with FreeBSD | > 3.0-current. We both are using the XF86_S3V accellerated driver. We both | > would like to use xdm but this problem doesn't let us. Is this a problem | > with the driver or the hardware, ie. the S3 ViRGE/DX video card? | | It's the driver. Use the XF86_SVGA driver instead. Ok.. I tried to do things the simple way. I deleted the symlink from X to XF86_S3V and created a new symlink to XF86_SVGA and tried to restart X. It failed immediately. If I put back the link to XF86_S3V it works fine. What am I doing wrong? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dennis Tenn * There will always come a time dstenn@fanfic.org * When your love will be tested ICQ# 1457509 * Stand tall and rise to the occasion * For only then will you grow strong. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message